From box office failure to streaming sensation

After more than 5 years, he became a star. Liam Neeson Returned to box office form with naked gun Remake. The slapstick comedy film was released in theaters last year to critical acclaim and grossed more than $100 million worldwide. Neeson failed to achieve box office or critical acclaim for a worryingly long period of time, during which time Neeson starred in a series of thrillers that didn’t make much of an impression. One of those movies is a spy thriller. black lightrecently achieved incredible success on the free streaming service Tubi. The film was released in 2022 and was a major critical and commercial disappointment.

According to FlixPatrol: One of the most viewed movies on the domestic Tubi chart This week it held the number one spot for several days in a row. black light supervised by mark williamsbest known for co-creating the hit Netflix show. ozark and bill dubuque. Williams previously collaborated with Neeson on the 2020 film honest thiefwhich also bombed at the box office. black lightNeeson appeared as an FBI fixer who becomes embroiled in a government conspiracy. The film had a reported budget of over $40 million, but grossed only around $15 million at the box office.. The film has a score of 12% on the aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, with the consensus of critics reading a pitiful “Shut it!” Meanwhile, the movie has a pretty high audience score of 82% on Rotten Tomatoes. The aggregator’s audience consensus was: “If you want to enjoy a conspiracy thriller featuring Liam Neeson in action mode, black light I’ll deliver it. ”

Liam Neeson has two genre films planned for this year

In addition to naked gun, Neeson did pretty disappointing at the box office. In recent years, he has appeared in films such as: pardon, Ice Road: Vengeance, retaliation, memoryand Marlowe. However, many of these movies are doing well in the PVOD market. He has two horror-comedy films lined up so far this year. Refrigeratedwritten by David Copeand a heist movie four children entering a bankProduced by. Seth Rogen and supervised smile‘s frankie shaw.